BlockHumble, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Russell Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42642. The Survey maps it on the Russell Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Russell Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Russell Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Humble between 1999 and 2019, burning about 105 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 February 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SANO PARK |
| 4 December 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | COOPER RID |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humble in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Humble | $200,000 | An EF-2 tornado touched down just north of Russell Springs west of Route 127. The complete track of the tornado was 7.2 miles across Russell and Casey Counties. It intensified east of Route 127 with the worst damage occurring along a 1.5 mile stretch from Route 76 east over Oak Grove Road to Pattie Ridge Road. On Route 76, two mobile homes were totally destroyed and a modular built home was heavily damaged and moved off its foundation. The tornado tracked for a total of 5.8 miles before crossing the border into Casey County.||The tornado first touched down north of Russell Springs in northern Russell County west of Highway 127 where it did minor damage to trees, barns, and outbuildings. It intensified as it moved east, with the worst damage occurring along a 1.5 mile stretch from Highway 76 eastward over Oak Grove Road to Pattie Ridge Road. On Highway 76 a mobile home was destroyed and a nearby modular home was rotated 30-80 feet counterclockwise off its foundation, with a quarter of the home blown away. Two residents survived in an underground tornado shelter where they took refuge. One quarter mile east of these two homes, a modular home was completely destroyed when it became airborne and crashed to the ground 50 yards away. Residents were not home at the time of the tornado at this or any of the other homes destroyed along its path. ||On Pattie Ridge Road, another mobile home was completely destroyed along with two outbuildings. An east-facing exterior sidewall of a neighboring single-story brick home collapsed, with extensive roof damage to a large metal outbuilding at this location. Just before exiting the county, the tornado tore 80 feet of roofing off a large dairy barn and scattered debris through a nearby grove of trees. |||The tornado weakened as it moved into southern Casey County where it damaged more trees, barns, and outbuildings. The tornado lifted west-southwest of Windsor. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble | $1,000 | A carport and a few trees blew down. One tree fell on a vehicle. A nearby weather station measured a 47 mph wind gust. Damage costs are unknown. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble | - | Trees were blown onto a mobile home along West Road near Kentucky Route 80. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Humble | - | South Highway 76 was flooded in several places. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Humble | - | Water was over Old Sano Road , but the roadway is still passable. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humble | - | Local media reported that several trees were downed on Kentucky Highway 76 near the town of Webbs Crossroads. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Humble | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jericho | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Webbs Cross Roads | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sano | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Russell Springs | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Royville | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sycamore Flat | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fonthill | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Horntown | 3.5 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Humble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690671 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508294. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.